We have four things in this chapter. I. The parable of the labourers in the vineyard, Matt. 20:1–16. II. A prediction of Christ’s approaching sufferings, Matt. 20:17–19. III. The petition of two of the disciples, by their mother, reproved, Matt. 20:20–28. IV.

This parable of the labourers in the vineyard is intended, I. To represent to us the kingdom of heaven , that is, the way and method of the gospel dispensation.

This is the third time that Christ gave his disciples notice of his approaching sufferings; he was not going up to Jerusalem to celebrate the passover, and to offer up himself the great Passover; both must be done at Jerusalem: there the passover must be kept , and there a prophet must perish,…

Here, is first, the request of the two disciples to Christ, and the rectifying of the mistake upon which that was grounded, Matt. 20:20–23. The sons of Zebedee were James and John, two of the first three of Christ’s disciples; Peter and they were his favourites; John was the disciple whom Jesus…

We have here an account of the cure of two poor blind beggars; in which we may observe, I. Their address to Christ, Matt. 20:29–30. And in this, 1. The circumstances of it are observable.